“but in 90% of the cases, if the foundation is set they’ll be fine”
Not what I’ve seen, looking around the church. I’ve watched parents set rules, love their kids, be involved and try to teach them - and then SOME of their kids become criminals. Literally. Thinking of a friend who tried very hard and how now has 2 kids in prison.
My own? They all have good intentions but two of them are total boneheads in their late 30s. Not criminals, though, so I’ve got that going for me! But....going on 20 years now of consistently bad decisions. Conservatives politically, but....
We are to train them up in the way they should go...
....and when they are old they will not depart from it
IF or when they turn away.....Pray with authority that they will return!
LOVE THEM!!!!!
If I had a $1.00 for every bad decision I made I could have retired in my 30’s...
No one is perfect that’s for damn sure but you lay the foundation as best you can, step back and see what happens.